‘Carousel’ a reminder of city’s downtown jewel

Published: Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 12:23 PM.

My wife and I had the privilege of recently attending the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical “Carousel” at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Burlington.

I commented to my wife afterward that if we had been viewing this play at the Durham Performing Arts Center performed by world-renowned actors, it could not have been any better.

All the performers and the orchestra directed by Dr. Garrett Saake were nothing short of terrific.

We owe the city of Burlington for ownership of the theatre, the Burlington Recreation and Parks Department for operating and scheduling the events and David Wright for his professional directions, a tremendous amount of credit for providing its citizens with this type of great entertainment for all to enjoy.

BILL MITCHELLBurlington

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My wife and I had the privilege of recently attending the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical “Carousel” at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Burlington.

I commented to my wife afterward that if we had been viewing this play at the Durham Performing Arts Center performed by world-renowned actors, it could not have been any better.

All the performers and the orchestra directed by Dr. Garrett Saake were nothing short of terrific.

We owe the city of Burlington for ownership of the theatre, the Burlington Recreation and Parks Department for operating and scheduling the events and David Wright for his professional directions, a tremendous amount of credit for providing its citizens with this type of great entertainment for all to enjoy.